Post by Mireille on Nov 18, 2011 14:49:08 GMT -5
From Rolling Stone:
A couple dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters hit the road this morning for "Occupy the Highway," a two-week two-week trek from Zuccotti Park in Manhattan to Washington’s McPherson Square. They'll walk about 20 miles per day, holding rallies with Occupy Philly, Occupy Baltimore and Occupy D.C. along the way. The march's arrival in the capital is timed to the meeting of the Congressional Super-Committee; protesters will rally in front of the White House "to demand the members of the committee serve the 99% and let the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire."
Read more: www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/occupiers-hit-the-road-for-new-york-washington-march-20111109#ixzz1e5VXd1N0
Related to this, I just got an email for a call to action to tell our FL senators to stop committee cuts that will affect the 99%:
Meanwhile, a band of courageous protesters is marching from Wall Street to Washington to bring the 99% to where it's been missing—our government. Like the first protesters to lay down their tarps in Zuccotti Park, the marchers are matching their commitment to the moment across 230 long miles to our nation's capital. Marching 20 miles per day, through cold and wet November weather, with feet swollen and bloodied, they report the warmest reception from the neighborhoods hardest hit by the economic downturn.1 As one protester said: "putting your body into something like this, I think it gives you the hope that there can be real change."2
The marchers are hurrying to D.C. to stop a terrible Super Committee deal that means more devastating cuts for the 99% instead of making the 1% pay their fair share.3 The risk is growing by the day. Democrats on the Super Committee have already offered huge cuts to Medicare benefits and Social Security, while Republicans demand even more—and if only one Democrat agrees, we're sunk.4 So let's make sure the Senate feels the energy of the 99% breathing down their necks.
The Super Committee's not likely to cut a deal the rest of the Senate won't support, so every senator—from true progressives to staunch conservatives—needs to be talking about how many people are calling them with the 99%'s message. Pick up the phone and call Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson today and tell them: "We are the 99%. Don't cut our Social Security and Medicare benefits to protect tax breaks for the 1%."
Senator Marco Rubio
Phone: 202-224-3041
Senator Bill Nelson
Phone: 202-224-5274
Then report your call here:
pol.moveon.org/call/index.html?cp_id=1673&tg=FSFL_2.FSFL_1&id=&t=3
A couple dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters hit the road this morning for "Occupy the Highway," a two-week two-week trek from Zuccotti Park in Manhattan to Washington’s McPherson Square. They'll walk about 20 miles per day, holding rallies with Occupy Philly, Occupy Baltimore and Occupy D.C. along the way. The march's arrival in the capital is timed to the meeting of the Congressional Super-Committee; protesters will rally in front of the White House "to demand the members of the committee serve the 99% and let the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire."
Read more: www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/occupiers-hit-the-road-for-new-york-washington-march-20111109#ixzz1e5VXd1N0
Related to this, I just got an email for a call to action to tell our FL senators to stop committee cuts that will affect the 99%:
Meanwhile, a band of courageous protesters is marching from Wall Street to Washington to bring the 99% to where it's been missing—our government. Like the first protesters to lay down their tarps in Zuccotti Park, the marchers are matching their commitment to the moment across 230 long miles to our nation's capital. Marching 20 miles per day, through cold and wet November weather, with feet swollen and bloodied, they report the warmest reception from the neighborhoods hardest hit by the economic downturn.1 As one protester said: "putting your body into something like this, I think it gives you the hope that there can be real change."2
The marchers are hurrying to D.C. to stop a terrible Super Committee deal that means more devastating cuts for the 99% instead of making the 1% pay their fair share.3 The risk is growing by the day. Democrats on the Super Committee have already offered huge cuts to Medicare benefits and Social Security, while Republicans demand even more—and if only one Democrat agrees, we're sunk.4 So let's make sure the Senate feels the energy of the 99% breathing down their necks.
The Super Committee's not likely to cut a deal the rest of the Senate won't support, so every senator—from true progressives to staunch conservatives—needs to be talking about how many people are calling them with the 99%'s message. Pick up the phone and call Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson today and tell them: "We are the 99%. Don't cut our Social Security and Medicare benefits to protect tax breaks for the 1%."
Senator Marco Rubio
Phone: 202-224-3041
Senator Bill Nelson
Phone: 202-224-5274
Then report your call here:
pol.moveon.org/call/index.html?cp_id=1673&tg=FSFL_2.FSFL_1&id=&t=3